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Phaeder - Phaeder: Lotus Beat
09 Feb 2007 // A review by phaeder
By Ben Nicholson
It appears from this album that drum'n'bass and Buddism can make easy bedfellows. This release by German born, NZ based devotee Peter Haeder (Phaeder) places his religion and musical tastes side by side with interesting results (and according to his press release, the amusement of the Buddhist lamas.) Any novelty factor aside, this is a well produced and sonically challenging record. The tasties ttrack is Swift Tara, where chants fuse naturally into an intense jungle beat. Haeder has already established himself as a guitarist and composer for film and television music in NZ Ð if picked up by the mainstream, he could fit as well into our dance scene. With an organic mix of Asian drumming and Tibetan rhythms fused together by chant-based deep throat singing, he has produced a collection of drum'n'bass, techno and downbeat (in a WOMAD kinda way) which would mix effortlessly onto any dance floor.
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December/January 2003
By Ben Nicholson
It appears from this album that drum'n'bass and Buddism can make easy bedfellows. This release by German born, NZ based devotee Peter Haeder (Phaeder) places his religion and musical tastes side by side with interesting results (and according to his press release, the amusement of the Buddhist lamas.) Any novelty factor aside, this is a well produced and sonically challenging record. The tasties ttrack is Swift Tara, where chants fuse naturally into an intense jungle beat. Haeder has already established himself as a guitarist and composer for film and television music in NZ Ð if picked up by the mainstream, he could fit as well into our dance scene. With an organic mix of Asian drumming and Tibetan rhythms fused together by chant-based deep throat singing, he has produced a collection of drum'n'bass, techno and downbeat (in a WOMAD kinda way) which would mix effortlessly onto any dance floor.
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NZ Musician
December/January 2003
About Phaeder
Phaeder is a prolific multi instrumentalist, embedded in the world, dance, techno and drum & bass styles of electronic music.
He studied Performance Art with Prof. Harry Kramer at the prestigious Arts School in Kassel, Germany and played for Germany’s Cultural Minister on invitation.
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12 Feb 2007 // by phaeder
Admittedly, this album would have never attracted me to pick it up, let alone listen to it; I'm glad I did - and listen to it is something I have done on a number of occasions now. The Deep Voice Singing is unique to the Buddhist chanting, and to western ears, may sound a little strange to start with, but persevere and really listen to this album and one will get immense pleasure from it and a sense of serenity that the album's intonation gives us.
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